Ashley Ann Thomas
Kripa Merin Kurian Ashley Ann Thomas Kripa Merin Kurian Ashley Ann Thomas Kottayam : Two young women, including one who reached home from Australia two days ago, were killed when the scooter they were riding brushed past a car and went under a private bus near Pampady in the district around 8.30am on Wednesday. The deceased are Ashley Ann Thomas, 24, daughter of V V Thomas of Vattakkavunkal, Meenadam, and Kripa Merin Kurian, 24, daughter of Fr Kuriakose Kadavumbhagom, Pampady. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kochi | Silver Rate in Kochi | Bank Holidays in Kochi | Public Holidays in Kochi Stay updated with the latest Kochi news.
The police said the two were on their way to meet a friend at Kanam. A car ahead of them swerved to avoid a motorcycle parked by the road and a pedestrian talking to the bike rider, according to preliminary information. The scooter brushed past the car, went out of control and fell under the bus coming from the opposite direction towards Kottayam. Both women died on the spot. Pampady Police reached the spot and began legal formalities. The bodies are kept at the mortuary of a private hospital at Manarcad. Ashley was a chartered accountancy student. She leaves behind her mother Mary Thomas and brother Alvin V Thomas, a BCom student at Baselius College, Kottayam. Kripa had completed her MSW in Australia. Her father is the director of Blossom Valley Child Development Centre, Pampady, and a former vice-president of Malankara Marth Mariam Women’s Association and former secretary of the Kottayam diocese. Her mother is Anita Kurian of Manarcad. Download the TOI App.
Her funeral will be held on Friday. She and her brother Kiran, who also lives in Australia, had returned home on vacation on Monday. Kripa’s funeral will be held at St Ignatius Jacobite Syrian Church, Kadavumbhagam, Pampady, at 2pm on Thursday.